Doctor Who Guide: Rosa

Last updated 23 March 2024

Rosa

Series Episode Number: 843

World Premiere: Sun 21 Oct 2018 - 6:55pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 21 Oct 2018 - 8:00pm EDT [BBC America]
Running Time: 49 minutes 38 seconds

8.41 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 83 (UK)

Audience Share: 33.6% (UK)
Chart Position: 4 (BARB Week (Four Screen)) (UK)

“If she can live here her whole life, a couple of hours ain’t gonna kill me. They ain’t gonna kill me, right?”

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder: is someone attempting to change history?

Characters
The Doctor		Jodie Whittaker
Graham O'Brien		Bradley Walsh
Ryan Sinclair		Tosin Cole
Yasmin Khan		Mandip Gill
Rosa Parks		Vinette Robinson
Krasko		Joshua Bowman
James Blake		Trevor White
Mr Steele		Richard Lothian
Waitress		Jessica Claire Preddy
Police Officer Mason		Gareth Marks
Raymond Parks		David Rubin
Martin Luther King		Ray Sesay
Fred Gray		Aki Omoshaybi
Elias Griffin Jr		David Dukas
Arthur		Morgan Deare
Stunts		Belinda McGinley
Stunts		Will Mackay

Production Team
Writer		Malorie Blackman
Writer		Chris Chibnall
Director		Mark Tonderai
Series Producer		Nikki Wilson
Executive Producer		Chris Chibnall
Executive Producer		Matt Strevens
Co-Executive Producer		Sam Hoyle
Executive Producer for the BBC		Ben Irving
Producer		Alex Mercer
Line Producer		Steffan Morris
Production Designer		Arwel Wyn Jones
Make-up Designer		Claire Pritchard-Jones
Costume Designer		Ray Holman
Director of Photography		Tico Poulakakis
Editor		Rebecca Trotman
Special Effects		Real SFX
Visual Effects		DNEG TV
Music		Segun Akinola
Sound Recordist		Delan Llyr Humphreys
Production Accountant		Laurence Parker
Post Production Supervisor		Ceres Doyle
Production Executive		Tracie Simpson
Head of Production		Radford Neville
Colourist		Gareth Spensley
Casting Director		Andy Pryor CDG
Script Editor		Fiona McAllister
Series Script Editor		Sheena Bucktowonsing
Stunt coordinator		Crispin Layfield
Stunt coordinator		Dani Biernat
First Assistant Director		Fletcher Rodley
2nd Assistant Director		Dalmi Thomas
3rd Assistant Director		Christopher J Thomas
Assistant Director		Lauren Pate
Assistant Director		Sion Eirug
Unit Driver		Sean Evans
Unit Driver		Paul Watkins
Unit Driver		Jolyon Davey
Supervising Location Manager		Iwan Roberts
Location Manager		Lyn Moses
Unit Manager		Jac Jones
Production Manager		James De-Haviland
Production Coordinator		Sandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production Coordinator		Jessica Elise Evans
Production Secretary		Jade Stephenson
Production Assistant		Alexandra Bahiyyih Wain
Executive Assistant		Caroline Cook
Assistaint Accountant		Helen Searle
Assistaint Accountant		Kate Barber-Williams
Art Department Accountant		Karen Evans
Camera Operator		Mark McQuoid
B Camera Operator		Mark Tonderai
Focus Puller		Jonathan Vidgen
Focus Puller		Elhein De Wet
Camera Assistant		Gethin Williams
Camera Assistant		Drew Marsden
Camera Assistant		Cai Stephens
Grip		John Robinson
Assistant Grip		Ash Whitford
Script Supervisor		Nicki Coles
Assistant Script Editor		Hannah Mason
Sound Maintenance Engineer		Tom Shoring
Sound Maintenance Engineer		Christopher Goding
Gaffer		Mark Hutchings
Best Boy		Andy Gardiner
Electrician		Bob Milton
Electrician		Gawain Nash
Electrician		Andrew Williams
Electrician		Gareth Sheldon
Supervising Art Director		Dafydd Shurmer
Standby Art Director		Anwen Haf
Set Decorator		Chris House
Production Buyer		Vicki Mole
Petty Cash Buyer		Kayleigh Powell
Set Designer		Julia Jones
Set Designer		Zsofia Ekler
Art Department Coordinator		Isabelle Kennedy
Art Department Assistant		Georgia Reece
Storyboard Artist		John Erasmus
Props Master		Jim Mate
Props Chargehand		Stuart Rankmore
Standby Props		Matthew Ireland
Standby Props		Carys Lewis
Prop Hand		Atiff Tahir
Prop Hand		Scott Howe
Prop Hand		Lissa Lamona
Prop Hand		Richard Barker
Storeman		Charlie Malik
Workshop Manager		Mark Hill
Workshop Assistant		Chris Slocombe
Concept Artist		Darren Fereday
Graphic Artist		Richard Wells
Head Modelmaker		Lee Radford
Prop Fabrication		Penny Howarth
Practical Electrician		Matthew Dunford
Specialist Prop Maker		Nick Robatto
Standby Carpenter		Paul Jones
Rigging		Shadow Scaffolding
Standby Rigger		Colin Toms
Construction Manager		Mark Painter
Construction Chargehand		Dean Tucker
Chargehand Carpenter		John Sinnott
Carpenter		Terry Horle
Carpenter		Joseph Painter
Carpenter		Matt Ferry
Carpenter		Tim Burke
Carpenter		Jonathan Tylke
Carpenter		Campbell Fraser
Carpenter		Chris Daniels
Carpenter		George Rees
Construction Driver		Darran Bousie
Construction Driver		Jason Tylke
HOD Painter		Steve Fudge
Chargehand Painter		Mark Reece
Chargehand Painter		Lloyd Reece
Scenic Artist		Jeremy Duckham
Scenic Artist		Gemma Dorie
Assistant Costume Desginer		Emma Burnand
Assistant Costume Desginer		Simon Marks
Costume Assistant		Andie Mear
Costume Assistant		Jenny Tindle
Costume Assistant		Holly Williams
Make-Up Supervisor		Emma Cowen
Make-Up Artist		Allison Sing
Make-Up Artist		Amy Riley
Junior Make-up Artist		Hanna Lewis-Jones
Unit Medic		Glyn Evans
Casting Associate		Ri McDaid-Owen
Casting Assistant		Louis Constantine
Business Affairs		Carol Griggs
Business Affairs		Steve Robson
Assistant Editor		David Davies
Assistant Editor		Hayley Williams
VFX Editor		Martyn Western
Post Production Coordinator		Claire Rees
Dubbing Mixer		Howard Bargroff
SFX Editor		Harry Barnes
ADR Editor		Matthew Cox
Dialogue Editor		Darran Clement
Foley		Bang Post Production
Online Editor		Geraint Pari Huws
Online Editor		Christine Kelly
Orchestrated by		Alec Roberts
Recorded by		Olga Fitzroy
Mixed By		Goetz Botzenhardt
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Sequence		Ben Pickles
Producer (South Africa)		Adam Friedlander
Line Producer (South Africa)		Alan Shearer
Production Manager (South Africa)		Daniela Springer
Art Director (South Africa)		Brian Glaser
Camera Operator(South Africa)		George Amos
Camera Operator(South Africa)		Derek Ueckermann
Focus Puller (South Africa)		Leon Lotz
Focus Puller (South Africa)		Meike Chinnery
Camera Loader (South Africa)		Kyle Oberholzer
Camera Loader (South Africa)		Tshepo Nthako
Gaffer (South Africa)		Nick Rankin
Costume Supervisor (South Africa)		Cathy Shields
Make Up Supervisor (South Africa)		Talli Pachter
Sound Mixer (South Africa)		Derek Mansvelt

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